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My local thrift store had this beauty priced at $75. I've never spent that much at any thrift store but after doing some quick research and looking beyond the dust and missing strings, decided to pull the trigger.
It's a vintage Yamaha G-245sii classical guitar made between 1981-1985.
After I got it home I cleaned it up and began restringing it with fresh D'Addario Pro Arte' strings since there was only two strings on the guitar when purchased. I soon realized that something was jammed inside the A string hole at the bridge so I could not thread in the new one.
After cursing myself for being an idiot for dropping $75 on this POS, I settled down and fetched a finishing nail and a mallet, then taped off the areas that the nail might damage and gently tapped the nail through the slot. Out popped a small brittle chunk of vintage A string
I then started to restring the entire guitar but soon realized I was out of my league. I can do electrics all day long but most classicals strings are tied on at the bridge.
I went ahead and took it to a local music store so their professional luthier could look it over and string it properly. Not only did he restring it, he adjusted the bridge and nut for perfect string height, oiled the fretboard and even removed a small white scrape mark on the side of the guitar!
Everyone who looked at the guitar was amazed that it cost me only $75.
In 1981 it sold brand new for $305 which equals close to $900 in 2018. Yamaha has stated that if that guitar was made today, it would sell for no less than a grand.
I have it listed in several local FB marketplace pages for $300. My total outlay is around $140. I won't be upset if it doesn't sell. Plays and sounds like buttah.
It's a vintage Yamaha G-245sii classical guitar made between 1981-1985.
After I got it home I cleaned it up and began restringing it with fresh D'Addario Pro Arte' strings since there was only two strings on the guitar when purchased. I soon realized that something was jammed inside the A string hole at the bridge so I could not thread in the new one.
After cursing myself for being an idiot for dropping $75 on this POS, I settled down and fetched a finishing nail and a mallet, then taped off the areas that the nail might damage and gently tapped the nail through the slot. Out popped a small brittle chunk of vintage A string
I then started to restring the entire guitar but soon realized I was out of my league. I can do electrics all day long but most classicals strings are tied on at the bridge.
I went ahead and took it to a local music store so their professional luthier could look it over and string it properly. Not only did he restring it, he adjusted the bridge and nut for perfect string height, oiled the fretboard and even removed a small white scrape mark on the side of the guitar!
Everyone who looked at the guitar was amazed that it cost me only $75.
In 1981 it sold brand new for $305 which equals close to $900 in 2018. Yamaha has stated that if that guitar was made today, it would sell for no less than a grand.
I have it listed in several local FB marketplace pages for $300. My total outlay is around $140. I won't be upset if it doesn't sell. Plays and sounds like buttah.
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